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Downward Spiral is the fourteenth chapter.
14.1[]
- "What is this place?"
- "I know not."
- So saying, Palpa then explains:
- "We, too, have attempted to delve into these depths many a time, but never have we made it this far."
- Never have we made it this far.
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 33 Battles: 5 |
Coins: 594 |
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Drops
Small Shield - Dark Mechacell- Cipher Cell - Dark Mechacell
- Mangled Horn - Dark Archercell
- Sentient Flame - Dark Sparker
14.2[]
- Something inexpressibly foul looms beneath your feet, stretching away into the depths far below.
- The further you descend, the denser and more noxious it grows.
- Miasma.
- Something inexpressible foul looms
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 33 Battles: 4 |
Coins: 442 |
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14.3[]
- Something seems to crawl up from the pit of your stomach. Your movements grow sluggish and fatigue gnaws at your entire body.
- A miasma swirls all around.
- "Ooh... I don't feel so good."
- "Here, use this. It'll help you breathe.
- A miasma swirls all around.
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 33 Battles: 5 |
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14.4[]
- "Th-this can't be happening..."
- Your vision begins to cloud.
- The miasma is about to engulf the entire shaft.
- Your vision begins to cloud.
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 33 Battles: 5 |
XP: 26874–27783 XP/stam: 2484 Coins: 590 |
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Drops
- Regenercell
- Shadow Visor - Dark Ampcell
- Small Shield - Dark Mechacell
- Quickfire Bow - Darkbot
- Warped Particle - Mechadrake Redux
- Heartwood Pendant - Mechadrake Redux
- Cipher Cell - Dark Mechacell
- Mangled Horn - Dark Archercell, Regenercell
14.5[]
- "What is this stuff? It looks like ...ash?"
- "The Ash of Souls. I've never laid eyes upon it before either."
- "What is it, exactly?"
- "It's said that this is what remains of life energy that is completely spent."
- "So... it's something like the cinders of souls that have burnt out?"
- Remains of life energy that is completely spent.
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 33 Battles: 4 |
Coins: 474 |
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14.6[]
- You wonder if you've made it even halfway down the shaft yet.
- "I... I can't breathe!"
- "My eyes are burning!"
- The miasma steadily envelops your party, as though determined to halt your advance.
- The miasma steadily envelops your party.
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 34 Battles: 4 |
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14.7[]
- "Bah... Our water is starting to foul."
- "Wh-what? What'll we do without water?"
- "Just keep going. That's all we can do."
- Just keep going. That's all we can do.
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 34 Battles: 5 |
Coins: 732 |
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14.8[]
- You press onward, descending ever deeper. Then, beyond the miasma, a red and white glow comes into view.
- It is fire and frost, the yin and yang of the universe -- the stuff worlds are made of.
- You just might be getting closer to the Maker.
- The yin and yang of the universe -- the stuff worlds are made of.
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 34 Battles: 4 |
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14.9[]
- At the bottom of the spiral staircase is a door.
- "It looks like a vision of the damned. Rather tasteless, if you ask me."
- The massive door is carved with the figures of countless stonefolk writhing, lamenting, moaning in agony.
- "Beyond this door lies the heart of this world."
- "How do you know?"
- "The Heart of Gallus is the stonefolk's..."
- "necropolis."
- Pepropé's voice comes out of nowhere to complete the princess's sentence, and he now continues in a tone of disgust.
- "Did I not say, 'Seek not the Maker'?"
- And why should we listen? We've come all this way to offer prayers to the All-Knowing One and learn how to stop the ruin ravaging our world."
- "You aren't up to the task."
- "Oh? What makes you so sure?"
- "Pepropé, their strength is very real!"
- "Then prove it. Show me how brightly your life energy burns!"
- Pepropé, their strength is very real!
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 34 Battles: 3 |
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14.10[]
- Pepropé falls to his knees.
- "Their strength may be real, but I..."
- "Let us pass!"
- Palpa abruptly breaks into a run.
- Pepropé rises in an attempt to stop her but then collapses to the ground.
- At that moment, a key-like object tumbles from his pocket.
- "The Ancient Key? How did you come by this? It belongs to the royal family by right!"
- You hear a thud.
- The door and key seem to be resonating in concert. The animus of the stonefolk carved into the door comes gushing forth and is absorbed by the key.
- "Wh-what's happening?"
- Before Palpa and Pepropé's eyes, the key transformed into a monstrosity.
- "Stand back, Princess!"
- Righting his battered body, Pepropé rises to his feet!
- The key transforms into a monstrosity.
| Stamina Cost: 11 Difficulty: 34 Battles: 5 |
Coins: 659 |
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- The key monster plays its last hand. It launches itself at Palpa, seeking her soft, tender flesh.
- "Nnngh!"
- But Pepropé bars the way, shielding her. The creature tears into his flesh instead and proceeds to rend deeper and deeper.
- "Pepropé!"
- "Stop, you fool!"
- Taking up his short sword, Pepropé plunges it into his own chest, slaying the monster.
- "I can't stop the destruction, but at least..."
- Pepropé's murmurs trail off dazedly. At nearly the same moment, the massive door opens as though in welcome.
- You've arrived at last.
- The Maker dwells here.